Shaping the Shoreline: Fisheries and Tourism on the Monterey Coast

by Connie Y. Chiang

Book Overview

The Monterey coast, home to an acclaimed aquarium and the setting for John Steinbeck's classic novel Cannery Row, was also the stage for a historical junction of industry and tourism. Shaping the Shoreline looks at the ways in which Monterey has formed, and been formed by, the tension between labor and leisure.

Connie Y. Chiang examines Monterey's development from a seaside resort into a working-class fishing town and, finally,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295988312
• ISBN13: 9780295988313
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher